Perseveration and the status of 3-year-olds' knowledge in a card-sorting task: Evidence from studies involving congruent flankers

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-64

  Jordan, Patricia L ^a   Morton, J Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Card sorting; Development; Flaners; Graded representations; Perseveration; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 80053383844     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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